Update: Spring Reading Thing and Spring Into a Good Book

For the past week, I have been busily reading and have gotten two books off my list, The Interestings and 12 Years a Slave.  I have also been reading a number of books off my list and I think that the reading will slow down once I get back to work on Monday and once I get started working on cleaning out my bedroom area, which is starting tomorrow morning.  I'll still get some reading in each day, but I think that there will be days in which I don't.   I will hopefully provide some links to reviews when I post another update in about a week's time.  Happy reading.

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Here are the books I am planning to read until June 20:

1)  The Remains of the Day

2)  The Interestings

3)  The Mysteries of the Udolpho

4)  The Woman in White

5)  War & Peace

6)  The Whole Golden World

7)  HHhH

8)  The Count of Monte Cristo

9)   Divergent

10)  Flight Behavior

11)  Moon over Manifest

12)  12 Years a Slave

13)  The Ocean at the End of the Ocean

14)   Princess Elizabeth's Spy

15)   Outlander

I'll try to provide updates on Wednesday as to my progress.

Spring Reading Thing - The End

Spring has ended and summer has begun.  While I am sad spring has ended, I am happy that summer is starting.  For whatever reason, this spring was a bit emotional for me and reading seemed to be a secondary thing to do.  It wasn't that I didn't want to read, it was just that it was hard to get myself motivated to read.

But in the midst of it all, I did actually read quite a bit. Of the 8 books, I wanted to read/finish, I got 6 done.  One of them is still being read and one I just couldn't get myself to finish (it became really weird and I just couldn't understand what I was reading).

Here is my list of books that I wanted to read during the challenge:

1) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 
2) Crime and Punishment by  Fyodor Dostoyevsky (review)
3) The Accursed by Joyce Carole Oates (review)
4) The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty (review)
5) A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley (review)
6) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
8) The Help by Kathryn Stockard (review)

Here are the other books that I read and reviewed during Spring Reading Thing:
1) The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli (review)
2) The House Girl by Tara Conklin (review)
3) The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson (review)
4) The Gods of Heavenly Punishment by Jennifer Epstein (review)


Thank you to Musings of a Book Addict for hosting it this year.  Hope to see everybody in the fall!

Spring Reading Thing 2013

Due to life getting in the way, Katrina from  Callapidder Days isn't hosting this reading challenge, but Sandra from Musings of a Book Addict has stepped into make sure that it is up and running.

Its stress free and while there is a time limit, March 20 to June 20, there is no limit on the number of books that you need to read for the challenge.  All you have to do is make a starter list of books that you wish to read or finish during the time period.  There is more information here: http://www.themusingsofabookaddict.com/2013/03/spring-reading-thing-start-reading.html

I hope you will be able to join me.

Here is my starter list of books:
1) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 
2) Crime and Punishment by  Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3) The Accursed by Joyce Carole Oates
4) The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
5) A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley
6) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
8) The Help by Kathryn Stockard

I should be able to finish most of these (minus War & Peace, which is a year long read) during the time period stated.